Clear Channel Outdoor teams with MarketShare Partners on a study of the use and effectiveness of out-of-home advertising. The study found that OOH used with radio "can provide a significantly higher sales lift" when a call to action is part of the message. |
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Broadcast Company of the Americas founder and former President John Lynch has filed suit against San Diego-based company, saying he and his daughter were wrongfully fired, the San Diego Union Tribune reports. |
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The New York Islanders sign a deal that makes Hofstra University's WRHU-FM the NHL team's new flagship. Hofstra students will assist in the broadcasts. |
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ADVERTISEMENT -- REALTORS® spend $1 billion annually to market their services and 30% are ready to buy radio! See the video from the NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF REALTORS® Annual Conference. Read more. |
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Glenn Beck told listeners Friday that he'll be off the air today and tomorrow while he goes "out West" to have some have some tests done for ongoing health issues. Beck was previously diagnosed with macular dystrophy, an eye disease, and now says he has been dealing with a loss of feeling in his hands and feet. |
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Country vet Greg Frey is on his way to Atlanta later this month for a corporate programming post. Frey is set to leave his job as APD/MD at CBS Radio's Country KILT and Hot AC KHMX in Houston at the end of this week. |
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Appearing on C-SPAN's The Communicators, former FCC Chairman Reed Hundt, Michael Powell, and Kevin Martin agreed that the media-ownership rules are obsolete. Why haven't the rules been changed? Powell said, "It's a simple reason. It's politics." |
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Facebook has introduced a "data downloader" that, CNET reports, can place "your entire Facebook identity in just a folder." Users can easily gather photos, videos, and wall posts into a single zip file. |
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Arianna Huffington, co-founder and editor-in-chief of the influential Huffington Post and co-host of public radio's Left, Right & Center, will provide the luncheon keynote at Radio Ink's Forecast 2011, to be held December 7, 2010 at the Harvard Club in New York. Huffington, the author of 13 books including most recently On Becoming Fearless in Love, Work, and Life and Fanatics and Fools: The Game Plan for Winning Back America, launched the Huffington Post news and blog site in 2005. |
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Eric Rhoads, publisher of Radio Ink is developing a new iPad application that will choose some historic audio clips of air personalities from throughout radio history. If you would like historic telescoped airchecks of you on the air to be included, or if you have an aircheck collection, please e-mail us your MP3s. Click the headline for more information. |
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Radio Ink magazine the first radio industry publication on the iPad and one of the first of all publications. With the iPad's touchscreen, you can flip through the digital edition just as you would a copy of the magazine, with live links, interactive ads, links to video, and with more interactive features on the way. |
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The economy is slowly turning around, and broadcasters are beginning to hire again. Put your name in front of the industry with a free listing in Radio Pros Available. And we'll be happy to post your aircheck or demo, or a link to your website. Click the headline to learn more. |
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October 18: CBS Radio SVP/Programming and L.A. radio icon Kevin Weatherly
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